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Anyone else object to your mail being tracked?

15 replies

lightand · 10/12/2022 09:30

Writing Christmas Cards.

Picked up some 2nd class stamps yesterday.
Now notice they are the new ones with codes.

Whoever it is, wants to know that I am sending Christmas cards to relatives or friends?

Obviously all sorts of things are sent to all sorts of people, but all feels over the top to me.
Surely if it is all to do with catching criminals, criminals will just find other ways to do what they are doing?

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Hiphopopotamus · 10/12/2022 09:32

Nope. Don’t give a shite. I’d be happy just to get my mail at the moment to be honest.

Ifailed · 10/12/2022 09:33

The stamps don't identify you do they, so how can anyone know what you are sending?

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lightand · 10/12/2022 09:34

No idea @ifailed. I assumed they did. Might have been a good idea if I had looked that up first before writing this!

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skippy67 · 10/12/2022 09:35

The stamps can't identify the sender though, so I think you can rest easy OP...

Doyoumind · 10/12/2022 09:35

It's supposed to be a link to content. It's not for tracking.

Syrax · 10/12/2022 09:36

How does the stamp know what address you’ve written on the envelope or who posted it? Confused

Supernormative · 10/12/2022 09:39

It's a qr code that if the recipient scans it takes them to ads and other content I think. I think you can personalise it as the sender but it's nothing to do with tracking.

SnowyPetals · 10/12/2022 09:42

I couldn't care less. Anyone can buy a book of stamps so they have no idea it's you.

alasangne · 10/12/2022 09:43

It doesn't track at the moment

Itssooooocold · 10/12/2022 09:45

God who cares, honestly

cakeorwine · 10/12/2022 09:47

This is what they are for...apparently

www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/60201018

Original poster
lightand · 10/12/2022 09:56

Thanks @cakeorwine

I am so useless at technology that I actually dont understand the link!
Doesnt look like something I would ever use!

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Original poster
lightand · 10/12/2022 09:58

Doyoumind · 10/12/2022 09:35

It's supposed to be a link to content. It's not for tracking.

So if there is something dodgy in it, the post office knows which area it has come from?
It replaces the round ink stamp which says Manchester or something?

Dont worry too much about explaining.
I guess I will grasp all this in due course.

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Kiitos · 10/12/2022 10:03

um, I don’t think the QR code reveals who sent the mail, or what the contents of the envelope are? What’s the problem? I assume it’s to prevent forgery/reusing of stamps and make them easier to process by machine.
besides I don’t really care if anyone is tracking the Christmas cards I posted 🤣

cakeorwine · 10/12/2022 10:04

lightand · 10/12/2022 09:58

So if there is something dodgy in it, the post office knows which area it has come from?
It replaces the round ink stamp which says Manchester or something?

Dont worry too much about explaining.
I guess I will grasp all this in due course.

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But when a letter gets posted, it has a 'stamp' on it which is the date and the sorting office it was sorted at.

They won't know that YOU posted it.

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